le

masculine

/ta.blo/

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Translation

painting; board; table (of figures)

Word origin

From Old French tablel, a diminutive of table, from Latin tabula ('plank, board, writing tablet'). The sense of a painted panel came first, and the modern 'board' and 'chart' senses grew back out of it.

Origin: Latin
Root: tabula
English cognates: table, tabular, tableau

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluraltableauxirregular

Examples

Monet .

This Monet painting is worth a fortune.

au .

The teacher wrote the date on the board.

l'.

The results table is displayed at the entrance.

She hangs her paintings in the corridor.

! .

What a sight! Everyone was shouting at once.

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This word is part of lesson 29.